Freedom of information response
Mental health support for young people aged 11 to 25
I would like to request the following information about mental health support for children and young people aged 11 to 25 in Thurrock under the Freedom of Information Act.
1. Which of the following non-specialist publicly-funded services for young people’s mental health (a) currently exist and/or (b) used to exist within the last decade (please indicate if they currently exist, and if they used to exist if you hold this data)?
A. Social prescribing
b. Bereavement services
c. Peer support
d. Mental Health Support Teams
e. School counsellors, mentors, or pastoral or key support workers
f. Educational psychologists
g. Youth groups
h. Wellbeing cafes or mental health drop-in services
i. Youth information, advice and counselling services (YIACS) / early support hubs
j. Advice line for mental health issues
k. Targeted service(s) for LGBTQ+ young people
l. Targeted service(s) for young people from minority ethnic / racialised communities
m. Targeted service(s) for other underserved groups (please list here)
n. Targeted service(s) for young people on waiting lists for access to NHS mental health services (formerly tier 3)
o. Art or music therapy
p. Online support service / app
q. Occupational therapy
r. Any other service (please list here)
2. Do any of the following exist in your LA (please answer yes or no and elaborate if necessary)?
A. A CAMHS or young people’s mental health partnership board?
B. A designated individual or team who coordinates partnership working across services for children and families / settings?
C. Data-sharing infrastructure to share data across services, for example, schools, social care, youth justice, special educational needs teams, etc.?
D. Evaluation of young people’s outcomes following engagement with services?
E. A young people’s advisory group or official mechanism for young people to feed into service design and improvement?
3. Is there a single point of access for young people with a mental health concern? Please answer yes or no and elaborate if necessary.
4. Do you operate a ‘no wrong door’ approach? Please answer yes or no and elaborate if necessary.
5. Do young people have to be referred to access a mental health support service? Please answer yes or no and elaborate if necessary.
6. Are there specific services or approaches to ensure under-served groups of young people can access support e.g. young people from minority ethnic / racialised backgrounds, LGBTQ+ young people, etc.? Please answer yes or no and elaborate if necessary.
1. Which of the following non-specialist publicly-funded services for young people’s mental health (a) currently exist and/or (b) used to exist within the last decade (please indicate if they currently exist, and if they used to exist if you hold this data)?
A. Social prescribing – Not supplied by Thurrock Council
b. Bereavement services Not supplied by Thurrock Council
c. Peer support Not supplied by Thurrock Council
d. Mental Health Support Teams Not supplied by Thurrock Council
e. School counsellors, mentors, or pastoral or key support workers Not supplied by Thurrock Council. These would be employed directly by the schools. As all the schools in Thurrock are academies they are the employers not the council.
f. Educational psychologists the council provides Education Psychology service
g. Youth groups Some youth provision in the area are provided by voluntary groups, the Council provides youth provision that is targeted or specialist
h. Wellbeing cafes or mental health drop-in services Not supplied by Thurrock Council
i. Youth information, advice and counselling services (YIACS) / early support hubs Info and advice – around Careers, not mental health
j. Advice line for mental health issues Not supplied by Thurrock Council
k. Targeted service(s) for LGBTQ+ young people Not supplied by Thurrock Council
l. Targeted service(s) for young people from minority ethnic / racialised communities Not supplied by Thurrock Council
m. Targeted service(s) for other underserved groups (please list here) Not supplied by Thurrock Council
n. Targeted service(s) for young people on waiting lists for access to NHS mental health services (formerly tier 3) Not supplied by Thurrock Council
o. Art or music therapy Not supplied by Thurrock Council
p. Online support service / app SEND Local Offer | Ask Thurrock
q. Occupational therapy NELFT contract
r. Any other service (please list here) N/A
2. Do any of the following exist in your LA (please answer yes or no and elaborate if necessary)?
A. A CAMHS or young people’s mental health partnership board? Yes - There is a CAMHS executive Board
B. A designated individual or team who coordinates partnership working across services for children and families / settings? No.
C. Data-sharing infrastructure to share data across services, for example, schools, social care, youth justice, special educational needs teams, etc.? Yes from a data sharing principle perspective.
D. Evaluation of young people’s outcomes following engagement with services? Yes
E. A young people’s advisory group or official mechanism for young people to feed into service design and improvement? Yes.
3. Is there a single point of access for young people with a mental health concern? Please answer yes or no and elaborate if necessary. Yes, SET-CAMHS.referrals@nelft.nhs.uk.
4. Do you operate a ‘no wrong door’ approach? Please answer yes or no and elaborate if necessary. Yes
5. Do young people have to be referred to access a mental health support service? Please answer yes or no and elaborate if necessary. Yes, https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/set-camhs/
6. Are there specific services or approaches to ensure under-served groups of young people can access support e.g. young people from minority ethnic / racialised backgrounds, LGBTQ+ young people, etc.? Please answer yes or no and elaborate if necessary.
All providers of services are mandated within service specifications to ensure their service are open to all.